Atharva Veda 7.82.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 82, Mantra 4
Sukta 82
अन्व॒ग्निरु॒षसा॒मग्र॑मख्य॒दन्वहा॑नि प्रथ॒मो जा॒तवे॑दाः । अनु॒ सूर्य॑ उ॒षसो॒ अनु॑ र॒श्मीननु॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी आ वि॑वेश
ánv agnír uṣásām ágram akhyad ánv áhāni prathamó jātávedāḥ | ánu sū́rya uṣáso ánu raśmī́n ánu dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ā́ viveśa
After the Dawns did Agni first show forth his front; after the days, Jātavedas, first-born in might. After the Sun, after the Dawns, after his rays, he entered in—yea, into Heaven and Earth he passed.
Den Morgenröten folgend zeigte Agni zuerst sein vorderstes Antlitz; den Tagen folgend stand Jātavedas, der Erstgeborene an Kraft. Der Sonne folgend, den Morgenröten folgend, seinen Strahlen folgend trat er ein – ja, in Himmel und Erde ging er ein.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact ṛṣi attribution for this late book hymn is variable in ancillary lists)
Devata: Agni (with Uṣas and Sūrya as associated powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/late Atharvanic metrical practice)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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